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The One Thing Jonestown Documentaries Never Tell You

Jim Jones should have been held to account long before the Jonestown massacre of 1978. Like other notorious con men and abusers, he got away with his frauds and crimes partly because officials were clueless or incompetent. When will documentary filmmakers set the record straight? Read more

How to Turn and Stay Pro: Beat the Noonday Devil

I worked with David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon, among other smash-hit nonfiction books. When he was a staff writer, his office was around the corner from me and the other interns at The New Republic. Even for a newbie like me, it was difficult to avoid the conclusion David worked differently from others on staff.
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Controversial Journalists are an Endangered Species

Journalists are an aging species. Yet one journalistic type may be said to be endangered: the one who courts controversy like the late Christopher Hitchens, Molly Ivins, and William F. Buckley, Jr. In a democracy, this is a shame. Read more